I used to think it was my job to get people saved. Believe this and you are in. Boom - notch in my gun. Believe this and you are good, you are like me.
I used to think it was my job to help people get saved. I don't think that anymore.
Today I believe in something that I think is much more healthy and much more powerful. Today I believe that it is my job to love you.
If I am trying to save you, you are an object, a project, and you are in danger of my bad theology and manipulation.
If I am loving you, well, that is the good stuff. If I set out to love people, God is in the middle of that, because God is love. If I am loving you, then the Holy Spirit is right in the middle of that and eventually he will reach you.
I think the world would be a better place if we stopped making people our projects and just loved them. The Pharisees were always trying to convert people. Jesus just loved them.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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